Most people who witness a sea otter giving birth work in animal care or rehabilitation, but one lucky woman got the surprise ...

A floating sea otter named Clamato demonstrated how to crack open clamshells on one’s belly as he feasted on seafood at a ...

You’ve likely seen those heartwarming images of darling little sea otters floating on their backs with their tiny hands clasped together as they bob along the waves. It’s super cute of course, but why ...

Rey is teaching Sunny, about two weeks old, all her adopted baby needs to know to fend for herself ...

Two sea otters debuting for the public at the Aquarium of the Pacific are intended to one day help train up other orphans.

EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A NATURAL WAVER, the sort of person who likes to connect with distant people and animals through an enthusiastic hand gesture, there is a deep desire to wave at any sea otter you ...

Sophia is your community news reporter covering the North Coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria and San Simeon. It’s Sea Otter Awareness Week, which has been ...

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Unlike most marine mammals, sea otters are primarily insulated by fur, not blubber. In fact they have the densest fur in the animal kingdom. Sadly that thick, resplendent coat has also given otters ...

Sunny the young otter will eventually be trained to be a surrogate otter to other young pups, thanks to two-year-old otter ...

A suite of specimens featured in the museum’s upcoming “From These Lands” exhibition illustrate the intertwined nature of sea ...

On a blue-sky afternoon, kayakers paddle past dozens of sea lions lolling in the sun and make a beeline toward the sea otters lounging on beds of eel grass at Elkhorn Slough on California’s central ...